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Month: June 2020

High school seniors graduate 2,000 feet above on ski lift

High school seniors graduate 2,000 feet above on ski lift

adamkaz/iStockBy NICOLE PELLETIERE, ABC News (NORTH CONWAY, N.H.) — One senior class graduation was held high in the sky beside a mountain after traditional commencement was canceled due to COVID-19. In a private ceremony, Kennett High School’s class of 2020 graduated at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway, New Hampshire. Safety […]

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Tessa Majors killing: Teen charged as juvenile set to be sentenced

Tessa Majors killing: Teen charged as juvenile set to be sentenced

Kuzma/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A teenager who pleaded guilty to robbery in the fatal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors is set to be sentenced on Monday. The teenager, now 14, was charged as a juvenile, as he was 13 at the time […]

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Tessa Majors killing: Teen charged as juvenile sentenced to 18 months

Tessa Majors killing: Teen charged as juvenile sentenced to 18 months

Kuzma/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A teenager who pleaded guilty to robbery in the fatal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors was sentenced on Monday to spend 18 months in a limited secure facility. The teenager, now 14, was charged as a juvenile, as […]

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Maskless woman coughs on customer in New York City bagel shop

Maskless woman coughs on customer in New York City bagel shop

pinkomelet/iStockBy ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, DOUG VOLLMAYER and VICTORIA HAFFNER, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tempers ran high after a video surfaced over the weekend showing a woman inside a New York City bagel shop not wearing a mask and coughing on a fellow patron. In the video captured on a […]

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Minneapolis Police Department vows not to ‘disrupt’ George Floyd memorial

Minneapolis Police Department vows not to ‘disrupt’ George Floyd memorial

Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesBy ROSA SANCHEZ, ABC News (MINNEAPOLIS) — The Minneapolis Police Department will not alter or remove George Floyd’s memorial amid ongoing protests. “We respect the memory of him and will not disrupt the meaningful artifacts that honor the importance of his life,” […]

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Videos show man went from speaking of visiting mother’s grave to being killed by police

Videos show man went from speaking of visiting mother’s grave to being killed by police

TheaDesign/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (ATLANTA) — Before being shot to death by an Atlanta police officer in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, Rayshard Brooks had a cordial conversation about being in the area to visit his mother’s grave and to celebrate one of his young daughter’s […]

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Alleged hit man charged with killing four in ‘wanton, violent crimes’

Alleged hit man charged with killing four in ‘wanton, violent crimes’

Philadelphia Police DepartmentBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (PHILADELPHIA) — An alleged contract killer has been charged with four counts of murder for killings that took place in 2018 and 2019, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday. Steven Williams, 25, of Philadelphia, allegedly collected thousands of dollars as a […]

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Father and son who beat up, stabbed 12-year-old boy together arrested

Father and son who beat up, stabbed 12-year-old boy together arrested

Mill Creek Police DepartmentBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A father who grabbed and beat a 12-year-old-boy and then helped his 12-year-old son attack and stab the victim has turned himself into authorities after being on the run for two days. The incident occurred on June 10 when […]

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Video of resident confronted by white couple for stenciling Black Lives Matter goes viral

Video of resident confronted by white couple for stenciling Black Lives Matter goes viral

KGO-TVBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (SAN FRANCISCO) — A video of a white couple confronting a person of color stenciling Black Lives Matter in chalk outside his San Francisco home has been viewed more than 12 million times. James Juanillo posted the video to his Twitter account late last week. […]

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Some police unions acknowledging call for reform, while others resist

Some police unions acknowledging call for reform, while others resist

dlewis33/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Police unions are one of the most important guardians of law enforcement in the United States — negotiating salary, benefits and most importantly protections for their members. But that urge to protect also has another side in some cases — a resistance […]

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